FreePress.net has started a petition demanding that the charges against Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke, Democracy Now! anchor Amy Goodman and her two colleagues Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar be dropped and that the St. Paul stop harassing journalists who are covering the protests at the Republican National Convention. I hope everyone who comes by this blog will sign it as soon as possible, and will contact not only the people listed on the petition, but will contact their Congressional representatives and urge them to make public statements in defense of journalists everywhere. This is important.